Louis XV o Fraunce

Louis XV (15 Februar 1710 – 10 Mey 1774), kent as Louis the beloved (Louis le bien aimé) wis a monarch o the Hoose o Bourbon who ruled as Keeng o Fraunce an Navarre frae 1 September 1715 till his daith. He succeeded his great-grandfaither Louis XIV at the age o five. Till he reached maturity in 1723, his kinrick wis ruled bi Philippe d'Orléans, Duke o Orléans in what wis cried the Regency o Philippe d'Orlèans, his first cousin twice removed, as Regent o Fraunce. Cardinal Fleury wis his chief meenister frae 1726 till the Cardinal's daith in 1743, at which time the young king teuk ower sole control o the kinrick.

Louis XV
Louis XV by Hyacinthe Rigaud in 1730
Keeng o Fraunce an Navarre
Ring1 September 1715 – 10 Mey 1774
Coronation25 October 1722, at Reims Cathedral, Fraunce
PredecessorLouis XIV
SuccessorLouis XVI
RegentPhilippe d'Orléans (1715–1723)
Born15 Februar 1710(1710-02-15)
Palace o Versailles, Fraunce
Dee'd10 Mey 1774(1774-05-10) (aged 64)
Palace o Versailles, Fraunce
BuirialRyal Bailica, Saint Denis, Fraunce
SpouseMarie Leszczyńska
IssueLouise Élisabeth, Duchess o Parma
Princess Henriette
Louise
Louis, Dauphin o Fraunce
Philippe, Duke o Anjou
Marie Adélaïde
Victoire
Sophie
Thérèse
Louise, Abbess o Saunt Denis
HooseBourbons o Fraunce
FaitherLouis, Duke o Burgundy, Dauphin o Fraunce
MitherMarie Adélaïde o Savoy
ReleegionRoman Catholicism
SeegnaturLouis XV's signature

Issue

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  1. Louise Élisabeth o Fraunce (14 August 1727 – 6 December 1759) mairit Philip o Spain, Duke o Parma an haed issue.
  2. Henriette o Fraunce (14 August 1727 – 10 Februar 1752) niver mairit.
  3. Louise o Fraunce (28 Julie 1728 – 19 Februar 1733) died in childhood.
  4. Louis, Dauphin o Fraunce (4 September 1729 – 20 December 1765) mairit Infanta Maria Teresa o Spain; hae issue. Then rermairit Princess Maria Josepha o Saxony an haed issue.
  5. Philippe o Fraunce, Duke o Anjou (30 August 1730 – 17 Aprile 1733) died in childhood.
  6. Marie Adélaïde o Fraunce (23 Mairch 1732 – 27 Februar 1800) niver mairit.
  7. Victoire o Fraunce (11 Mey 1733 – 7 Juin 1799) niver mairit.
  8. Sophie o Fraunce (17 Julie 1734 – 3 Mairch 1782) died niver mairit.
  9. Stillborn Child (28 Mairch 1735 – 28 Mairch 1735).
  10. Thérèse o Fraunce (16 Mey 1736 – 28 September 1744) died in childhood.
  11. Louise o Fraunce (5 Julie 1737 – 23 December 1787) nun.